Ambivalences of Creating Life Societal and Philosophical Dimensions
"Synthetic biology" is the label of a new technoscientific field with many different facets and agendas. One common aim is to "create life", primarily by using engineering principles to design and modify biological systems for human use. In a wider contex
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Ambivalences of Creating Life Societal and Philosophical Dimensions of Synthetic Biology K. Hagen M. Engelhard G. Toepfer Editors
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Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment Volume 45 Schriftenreihe der EA European Academy of Technology and Innovation Assessment GmbH edited by Petra Ahrweiler
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Kristin Hagen Margret Engelhard Georg Toepfer •
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Ambivalences of Creating Life Societal and Philosophical Dimensions of Synthetic Biology
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Editors Kristin Hagen EA European Academy of Technology and Innovation Assessment GmbH Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler Germany Margret Engelhard EA European Academy of Technology and Innovation Assessment GmbH Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler Germany
Georg Toepfer Center for Literary and Cultural Research Berlin Berlin Germany Series editor Prof. Dr. Petra Ahrweiler EA European Academy of Technology and Innovation Assessment GmbH Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler Germany
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